'Silent Killer': The Science Of Tracing Climate Deaths In Heatwaves

Fuente: International Business Times

Climate change is making heatwaves stronger and longer, putting lives at greater risk during summertime AFP A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode. The figure was supposed to "grab some attention" and sound a timely warning in the hope of avoiding more needless deaths, said Friederike Otto, one of the scientists involved in the research. "We are still relatively early in the summer, so this will not have been the last heatwave.